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Challengermode today announced a landmark partnership with the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), becoming the Official Gaming Platform of the WBSC eBaseball™ Series. The partnership will initially cover the 2026 and 2027 seasons and will culminate with the second edition of the WBSC ePremier12, the flagship international eBaseball competition featuring the world’s top-ranked players.

This collaboration marks an important step in the continued development of WBSC eBaseball™, bringing Challengermode’s competitive gaming technology and tournament infrastructure to one of the fastest-growing digital extensions of international sport.

Through the partnership, Challengermode will provide a dedicated home for WBSC eBaseball™ competitions and rankings, creating a centralized competitive environment for players, National Federations, tournament organizers and gaming communities around the world.

With millions of users across its platform and a strong presence within the competitive gaming ecosystem, Challengermode will support WBSC in connecting baseball and softball with the global gaming community through accessible, scalable and automated competition technology.

The partnership will initially cover the 2026 and 2027 seasons and will culminate with the second edition of the WBSC ePremier12, the flagship international eBaseball competition featuring the world’s top-ranked players.

Challengermode, the leading global esports and competitive gaming platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Blue Mammoth Games, developer of the popular fighting game, Brawlhalla. Under this new collaboration, Challengermode becomes the official esports and community platform for Brawlhalla, supporting its thriving competitive scene and diverse player community.

The first Brawlhalla community events powered by Challengermode will take place in mid-April 2025, leading to support for official championship competitions starting in May. Leveraging Challengermode’s automation and scalability, Brawlhalla events will benefit from robust features that streamline tournament management and participation to accommodate both community growth and large-scale, international competitions.

To meet the demands of high-level competitive play inherent to fighting games, Challengermode is significantly expanding its platform features, enhancing organizer tools, tournament capabilities, and overall user experience for both players and organizers.

All Brawlhalla tournament organizers, creators, and players can experience the enhanced capabilities of Challengermode here: challengermode.com/s/Brawlhalla

eSports platform Challengermode has announced its partnership with the Super Girl Gamer Series to host tournaments across a range of esports. This forms part of Challengermode’s initiative to support more female-led esports initiatives to its grassroots esports platform.

The Super Girl Gamer Series joins other female-focused esports organisations using Challengermode, such as Girls’ House, a girls focused space for players interested in participating in women’s-only VALORANT events, and The Goose House which has received funding from Challengermode and Opera GX’s grassroots esports fund for its Birds of Prey: Episode One tournament’s prize pool. 

Organizers can register their interest in the Challengermode / Opera GX esports fund via the website here, which also provides external platform support provided by Challengermode to streamline setting up tournaments and competitions.

Super Girl Gamer Pro esports director Amanda Ball said: “Over the last five years, the Super Girl Gamer Series has expanded to provide opportunities for women all across North America in a variety of different titles and we hope to continue that expansion into the EU scene as well.  We have been extremely happy working with Challengermode and look forward to continuing that partnership in being a driving force in changing the narrative for women in esports.” 

You can catch the Super Girl Gamer – Summer Season – League of Legends Championships on September 18th 2021 at 1:30p EST through Challengermode and streaming live to Twitch.tv/SuperGirlGP.  The Super Girl Gamer – Fall Season kicks off on October 16th, across both VALORANT and Fortnite.